Done the home work I think. (THanks to be able to get a workshop manuel).
Anyway, fist moed is aerial of course.

So next I thought the exhaust would need sone attenton. Starting from he back. The bits before fabrication.

All finished and polished.

Fitted, two inch into a three inch straight through muffler with a three inch tail pipe.

While I had the rear exhaust off I replaced the rear black mesh wih stainless steel mesh and fitted LED rear reversing lights, two of them just to even things up. (Blue/white) No need for a fog light in OZ................. Whats fog?

Tried to take a photo at night but I suck. Cant work the camera out.

Excellent.  Keep 'em coming as you do more ;)

Great work Grant :) Did you weld the exhaust together too? Have you got a close up pic of the mesh where the lights are?

Yes and I will take a close up photo of the mesh and rear lights during the week when I get time. I do have to work to to pay for all of this.

:) Nice welding, look forward to the pics!

 

Looking GREAT Grant

Didnt do all the welding, I owned a sheetmetal shop some time ago and am a bit rusty now. I had a mate of mine at the sheet shop weld it (freeby). I just set it up ready to go.

Nightime shots?

Is it a digital camera?
If so it's probably got some presets like "nightime" (no I'm NOT being sarcy!) or "fireworks" or "Sunset" or "Natural" that might work better?
Go on, have a play!

looks great man, good work so far! keep it up.

that picture to me looks like theres some grease or something on the lense? as what crisp said, check for special functions like "nighttime" or perhaps "candlelight". if it's a sony, these will be pictures on the turntable thingy used to switch mode

Yep, Its a Sony so Ill check. Substance on lense could be rum, Ill check that to.

lol (bigsmile)

Very good!

Ok capgun heres your close ups. I had to wait for some daylight, been getting home a bit late from work this wek.
304 grade 16 gauge stainless steel mesh with each light having 12 blue white/white blue(whatever) led's. Lights are from Repco auto parts. Looked for about 2 weeks to find something I thought was suitable.
If you use stainless steel mesh dont get 316 grade as it can basically only be cut with a friction disc and is too dificult to work or put small holes in for screws/bolts. Sheetmetal shops wont even cut it in there guillotine.
Left side no flsah.

From the rear.

Right side with flash.

Nice and heavy-duty :) Suit the silver too!

This is the stainless mesh I am using for Smashie :

Perforated metal. Be carefull on any air intakes as it doesnt have a very big free area compared to mesh or expanded metal even though it looks like it.

I see what you mean :) Must create more turbulence as it enters the pipe/duct. It was from a sidestep from a 4wd (about 2mm thick stainless).

Are you going to have an airflow meter on your capp somewhere (Is that affilated with your line of work?)

My line of work encompasses pretty well every thing to do with air flow that we need for our Cappos.
Perforated mesh does not have a very big free area even though it may look so.
Put it this way you could liken it to a brick wall with a few gaps in it, whereis expanded metal and mesh have far greater air flow characteristics due to there more aerodynamic shapes.
Perforated metal is very deceiving, mainly due to its appearance as far as air flow is concerned.

As long as my capp doesn't boil over I should be ok I hope :) What about the original mesh is that good - maybe if you're bored one day you could do a comparison of mesh! (I have no idea how long it takes to set up something like that though!)

Boost Controller fitted now. Its a GIZZMO IBC (intelligent boost controoler) made in New Zealand.
Quite small, only about 24mm x 53mm x 125mm long. I selected this one due to the size and its characteristics. It can show BAR or PSI.
The rear part of the ash tray slide has to be cut out as the photo shows with the parts ready to assemble.

Hers everything together from the font.

From the rear.

Boost control vale in the engine bay.

Installed.

In action.

Yes I have fitted an overbost fuel cut defeater. So it dont get sny nasty lean outs i have fitted a Malpassi rising rate 1:1 adjustable fuel pressure regulator.

Oh yea, whilst in tha engine bay I thought I might like to get a bit of the "wet fart" sound so  made some adjustments

“ Quoted from capgun, posted Friday, March 7th, 2008, 1:00:44pm at here ” Nice and heavy-duty :) Suit the silver too! This is the stainless mesh I am using for Smashie :

It's the same as I have on mine capgun but  mines is alloy not stainless

It looks very neat Grant :) what are the 3 phono plugs for? PC tweaking?

I want the moths to be dead after they hit the mesh Dean ;D (they dent the normal stuff sometimes!)

lol... you have must have big big moths over there...

Left to Right.
Map sensor output.
Oxygen Sensor output.
Fuel injector duty cyle output.
The hole on the far right is for the immobilers light
Makes it easy to check what happens with mods and I use the meters/instruments with what ever car.

Very nice :)
Jaycar have those 'wind speed' meters, don't know what they could be used for in a capp but might be fun too!

Got my own.

I could put one in the exhaust pipe outlet and measure the air velocity! ;D Did you have to solder the meter together (a kit) ?

No, one meter is a kit from jaycar, but there are others that i use

Very nice indeed!  How does adding the breather filter change the sound of the ABV?

Makes quite a loud sort of "whoosh" sound. Could get annoying, but its obviously easy to put on or off.

But does adding the breather change the sound much?  I already have the pipe disconnected and just wondered if the filter makes much of a difference.

No not really, its about the same. The higher boost pressure makes it louder though.

One thing to watch is that it doesn't fill the fliter and then drip it onto the turbo.

Just a regular maintenance issue I suppose, but it will keep any foreign objects from entering the pipe.

Finally got around to connecting the rising rate fuel pressure regulator over the weekend.
At standard fuel pressure it was starting to lean out around the 16 PSI mark but with the fuel regulator I took it up to about 18PSI with no problems.
Also upped the standard fuel pressure from 32 PSI to 40 PSI for better atomisation.

Sounds like it is going really well :)

Yep, quite a big difference now in HP.
Should have mentioned that when setting up the fuel pressure regulator I raised the standard pressure (just to see what it would do) in steps until it was 45 to 46 PSI and it started to run rich. The fuel injectors hit their minimum duty cycle so I backed the pressure of to 40 PSI.

I took mine down the quarter with a slipping clutch and it did low 17's ;D  Still beat a 'done up' kombivan with a WRX motor in it though!

Been a bit slack lately on the web site as I have been on holidays but managed to spend a bit of time working a few things out on KOF33.

Done some interior mods which I will post when I've finished.

Thought I would work out the best position for an oil catch can. Heres the one I selected.

Relocated the radiator overflow bottle to where the anti polution canister was and fitted the oil catch can in its original position.

Fabricated a bracket that bolted on to the existing bracket on the cross member that holds the radiator hose.

Just got to run the lines now to connect it up.

Heres a photo from the passemger side.

Hers another one from the drivers side.

Oh yeh the pastic bottle where the old air intake pipe was is for water/metho injection when I get around to it and yes there are a few bits zipped tied in but brackets will be made to suit.

I have only had to drill holes inside the doors so far for central locking.

Nice and neat Grant :) The ones with the liquid 'level' on the side look good.

Not quite neat enough yet
I've just placed things to see how they fit.

Ok I have the engine bay sorted now and s/steel brackets fitted to hold things in place.
New rising rate fuel pressure regulator as well in matching blue colour.
Why blue, because there are a lot more blue bits available. Oh yeh added a s/steel braided line on the right rocker cover as well.

Top view.

looks good grant, but not so sure on the chromey bits :(

Everyone loves chrome (except Jaik!).

cg you can add me to that list jdm style tuning FTW

Car is looking good grant!

I dont mind the chrome and it saves a bit of room rather than running rubber hoses everywhere.
Its easier to bend the pipe to fit in quite neatly. Better than black pipe.

Chrome pipe replacing all the black pipe would look nice! ;D

I personally dont mind chrome in the engine, like cj said chrome intercooler pipes will look pretty shmick.

Only the start, as I work on different areas I will be updating to the blue & chrome thing around the engine.

Looking good grant4561, Nowt wrong with a bit of Bling....just look at dave660's bay....yeh baby. Blue and Chrome.....hmmm, where have I seen that recently...lol. If they made the stuff in Orange, that would do me, but tell me, what is the 'Rising rate Fuel Press. reg.' for...??? completely ignorant with this kind of stuff and what is the extra bottle for, with the Green cap...???

The rising rate fuel pressure regulator allopws me to increase boost safely up to around 18 to 20 PSI if the standard turbo will handle that much. (Already tested it to 18 PSI and had more in it)
They come in different ratios with the one I fitted being 1:1.
What this means is that I can set a normal fuel pressure which I have increased slightly over the standard 32 PSI to 38 PSI and as the boost cuts in it increases the fuel pressure over standard at a rate of 1:1. Say standard fuel pressure is set at 38 PSi at 1 PSI boost it will be 32 +1 = 39, at 2 PSi boost it will be 40 PSi, etc.
This gives better atomisation by the injectors and will prevent high boost lean out conditions occuring.

The small container added with the green cap on it is for Water/Metho injection which I have not connected as yet. The black turbo hoses from the intercooler will be replaced and the injection nozzle assembley fitted in them when I get around to it. I figure the Cappo intercooled is only good at higher speeds when it can get reasonable airflow over it and not at lower speeds. The water/metho injection will overcome this and I might even flkick the intercooler once I am happy with how its going. Water/metho injection has a positive effect at any speed or air temperatures.

While you guys were on your "Fun drive in Sudney" I have been buy replacing all the brake pads.
Cleaned a heap of other bits up min the process and have refurbished the calipers silver.
Heres the back.

Heres the front.

Looks good. What kind of paint...??? brush/spray...??? Next on my list of things to do, just have to find the right colour......Not Red, Blue, Yellow etc....Silver won't work with my rims either.

Very nice - just like mine :D (thumb)

The paint was Septone "Chrome" enamel spray paint. Not quite chrome but still pretty shiny.

Upgrade the sound system now. About the best I can do without going crazy with modifing body parts.

Sony 4 way 6 1/2 inch 4 way front speakers.
4 inch 2 way splits, kevlar speakers  with silk dome tweeters in the the rear.
Found some Kenwood speaker enclosures at a second hand place and ripped the guts out and repainted them and fitted the kevlar speakers.

Mounted on brackets off the seat belt bolts behind the seats. Quite amazing sound for relatively standard speakers.

Another one

They look almost factory, very nice :)

Have a new DVD multi media player fitted now Response brand (JVC) from jaycar. it plays pretty well all types of media and has heaps of inputs & outputs and is digital radio ready. Apart from the screen being suprisingly clear the sound is amazing compared to the Pioneer CD player I had fitted before. I think it is a Digital unit by the clarity.

As you may also be aware I now have the "Worlds First" Adaptronic ECU powered Cappuccino.

Have now fitted the Adaptronic Vidigauge unit with velcro in the glovebox. Gives easy access to the serial cable and for operation/setting with its IR control.

There are about seventeen different gauges you can pick from to display including speedo in km/hr. Up to seven can be displayed at once. This pick has three gauges up being MAP pressure, Air Fuel Ratio and Fuel Injector duty cycle in %.
The picture is pretty poor quality (got to practice more) as in reality it is extremely clear and easy to read. You could have a Cappuccino with a digital dash exept for fuel gauge and odometer.

(thumb)

Looks good Grant :)

Can you actually read what those 3 virtual dials say whilst driving along, at quick glance that is?

Yes as I said above the picture does not do it justice. It is extremely clear and quite easy to read.
I set the dial colour to black first up and it was not as easy to read as the white. I probably will only have 2 gauges up at time though which will be more like having to 50mm gauges anyway.

Went to a local swap meet today and apart from a few other things I picked these up for $ 100.00
16x7's
Whadayarekon? :-/

Gosh - they are low profile tyres! :p

Look great :)

Shiny :) 

Very shiney!

They look like they will look great on KOF 33 after a clean up :)

You'll look like Sneaza and Silvery from the outside! The Mercury silver and chrome wheels club ;D

Welcome to 'ClubChrome'....lol..........Looks good Grant, and the price!!!perfect. What condition are they in...???

the wheels are probably an 8 - 9 out of 10 in condition
now to buy some spray on tyres

Sneaza's wheels are 17" and fit with very minor adjustments (a pair of spring adjusters) and his previous ones he gave me are 15" so you should be fine with those wheels :) Silver paint and chrome looks great together I think!

Yep.....

Mine are 16" and they dont rub anywhere, but I don't think mine are that wide.

I cant believe i didn't spot this already  ??)
Very Nice setup Grant (thumb) and yes very shiney indeed!

Got the spray on rubber yesterday 205/40's. Fitted the wheels last night and all seams good but I havent had a chance to take the car for a run yet and check if the wheels touch the guards at all or when on full lock.

pics :)

Ill try and take some if I get home while its still daylight.

I will try to get some better pics on the weekend as these were taken in the dark or really early this morning.

Rear

passenger side

Passenger side

nice :)

Just got me one of these.
Should come in real handy for weekends away, etc.

Looking good Grant....don't be tempted to lower the rear, even though you did roll the lip as I did, you will find out when you go around corners with weight in the car, unless the springs are new, they will touch a bit....

Im definitely not going to lower the car as its hard enough to get a floor jack under it or put the front up on ramps now.

A few finishing touches to the new mags, chrome valve stem covers & Suzuki centre caps.
Just a bit of polishing now to finish them off.

Looking good Grant :)

Very nice Grant (goodjob)

Original Suzuki wheels. LOL.

Fitted a new LED interior light the other day. Its about 4 times brighter and is excellent. This one, just had to bend the clips a bit as the standard one is 28mm long against 33mm long.

http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=ZD0480&CATID=21&keywords=&SPECIAL=&form=CAT&ProdCodeOnly=&Keyword1=&Keyword2=&pageNumber=&priceMin=&priceMax=&SUBCATID=402

How bright is this!

Last weekend I fitted a 3 bar map sensor to go with the new ECU and get ready for upgrading some (serious) boost, hopefully soon. Ally bracket with a new plug made from an old map sensor of a Vitara i found at a local wreckers. Cut the old map sensor apart soldered the new wires in and filled it with epoxy (aradite) to seal it so I didnt have to cut the original wiring harness and plugged it in.

neat work :) how did you know which car's map sensor would be suitable?

For the new one it didnt really matter as with the new Adaptronic ECU I only had to change a couple of settings in the ECu file.
For the one I butchered to make a plug for the Cappo's wiring harness I just took the Cappo one over to a local Jap car wreckers and found one that matched. No charge either but I had to unbolt it myself.

Picked the roof panels up yesterday fram the panel shop after repair & repainting.
I know a few members have asked if they are double or single skin and whats under the lining, but I cant remeber which thread.
The centre panel is basically double skin.

The side panels are single skin with a frame around the edges.

Now the finished product, centre first.

Side panel.
Lucky I cut my toe nails this morning :P

Nice job! - shiny! Did it cost much if you don't mind me asking? :)

Cost $ 0.00 if you want to konw.
Reason being is my business/factory is at the end of a cul-de-sac flanked by pnael beater, gearbox & diff place, mechanics, etx.
We do each other favours regularly but if you had to pay it would be about 3 to 4 hundred.

Not too bad at all! :)

If you strip them yourself they will probably cost between 150-200 bucks

“ Quoted from grant4561, posted Saturday, September 13th, 2008, 10:09:51am at here ” Side panel. Lucky I cut my toe nails this morning :P

Lucky you were weren't in your "birthday suit"!

How did you know?
Oh yeah, you would have seen a lump beetwen the toes in the picks.(dance)

Ha Ha Ha.....you wish.....

The "Garage Sneaza" rear strut brace arrived last week so I got to fitting it on Monday.
Heres a pick of the first test fit.

Now to see if the spare fits, which it didnt....then idea.
Add one 8mm allan key to the tool kit so the brace can be pivoted up to remove the spare like this.

All finished now with the carpet back in place. The hole where the jack bracket fits thorugh on in the right carpet had to have 2 slits cut in it to allow the brace bracket to fit.
The left side was fine.
Also found a new home for the jack, but I might find a better one yet.

Big question is how much difference did it make to driving? :)

“ Quoted from capgun, posted Thursday, October 9th, 2008, 10:45:28am at here ” Big question is how much difference did it make to driving? :)

No the big question is, do the roof panels still fit in the boot ?

that was the first thing on my mind too Youichi ;-)

Yes the roof panels fit in fine. I have even added extra padding in each bag to protect them as I have just repainted them. A piece of 6mm closed cell insulation used in the HVAC (Air Conditioning) industry.
It comes in a 1200x900mm sheet and is available in various thickneses but 6mm thick is all you need. You can cut the three pieces from one sheet and its quite cheap.

Havent updated things for a while as we have been working on the new cappo Little Green Devil.
Changed all the normal maintenace items, oils, filters etc, but had a persistant oil leak from around the turbo area but only with the motor running. Just a slight drip.
Finally removed the cat pipe and turbo and found it was missing one copper washer on the turbo oil feed line. All fixed now and good.
However we took the opportunity to decat it and make a new exhaust. Heres a pic of the new centre & mid section. Made in one piece with 2 inch pipe.

The new rear section 3 inch st/steel straight through cannon with 3 inch st/steel bend out the rear.

How its looks from the rear. Really nice sound as well ;D

Heres how the LGD sounds now (If I load this correctly)
Plays with quicktime I think.

Nice work :) Sounds throaty!

Very nice indeed.  Sounds like it will pop and burble with the best of them.

The LGD was my test car ;D (very handy now) KOF33 is next, but probably after christmas now.

kOFF33 has been sulking a bit now that theres another cappo on the scene but I have managed to do a couple of minor bits & pieces.
Fitted an ENZO leather/chrome steering wheel a couple of weeks ago.
No need for a boss kit I just redrilled the mounting points in the steering wheel to suit as its got a large enough centre boss.

Also been mucjing around with a 7 inch screen for the Vidigauge. Havent decided where to mount/place it yet as I want to try and conceal it if possible when not in use.
Maybe roof mounted or concealed in the dash, dont know yet still playing.

Now I am back on the internet its time for some updates of the fretsive seasons activities.
I always wondered why my windscreen washer bottle was always empty so took it out and found that 2 hole shad been drilled in it when the OZ compliance plate was fitted :D
All fixed now with some epoxy.

Made a new exhaust from front to back.
The centre cat was nearly blocked when I checked it and its made a huge difference.
Front cat now no cat as well.
As No.1 son was working I had to make a jig to get it all together.

End view

The Little Green Devil got a new stumpy aerial for christmas about 35cm high.

The LGD also got a full imbolisser alarm central locking system fitted and when we pulled the dash apart we found an original Jap ESSO disount book of some kind with vouchers and a couple of coins.

Another pic of a coupon, could be for smash repairs ;D

KOFF33 got all the belts changed including the timing belt. All was fairly easy except for the crank pully bolt. Bastard of a job getting it undone, but I worked out a pretty easy way to lock up the motor so I will post that up in the technical thread.

Last but not least I modified KOFF33's air intake and its pretty easy and cheap, just a few plumbing fittings.
Heres a pic from the top with the new intake pipe going down.

And from underneath. I have only to decide if I want to modify the underengine cover or keep it original , as all the other mods I have done I have kept the original parts so KOFF33 could be put back to origianl condition :-/

And from the front.
All I have to do now is source a suitable bell mouth inlet.

Heres a pic of the fiting and yes its about time I changed the mesh in the grille. :B

Looks good Grant, Great minds and all that.....Exactly what I used to do mine then, transferred the shape to metal, though I used a 45 at the bottom that's where the K & N Pod Filter attaches. Did same with intercooler piping when installed larger intercooler.....in beginning of Sneaza album I think...??? AHHH, Correct album...different site :B...the OTHER PLACE....

I've done that eaxt same mod to the intake Grant but be aware - if you're using a pod filter on the end of it water gets into the engine! I had it happen to me and the car stalled while I was driving on the freeway! (talk about lucky though!).  Your steering wheel looks like an almost exact replica of the Issota one I bought last year for Silvery too!  ;D

Fitted a Wesfil panel air filter in the standard box which has lower pressure drop across it than the standard cappo air filter and drilled an extra drain hole at the lowest point in the bottom of the box. The standard drain hole in the filter box is not at the lowest point so would let water build up in there.

I didn't notice you had the airbox still! :) (Should be fine then!)

Fitted a Knock Sensor and wired it into the Adaptronic over the weekend. set up was a breeze thanks to the program flixdien (Don) wrote. Its a common Nissan one that fits  a heaps of different models 180, 200, 300Zx, etc. Hopefully my new analogue TPS will arrive this week.

Also decided to change the steering wheel as it seems to be too common a wheel on cappo's here in OZ ;D
Also made the wife much happier again as I fitted it on the CRX for her.
Fitted this one an Autotechnica leather with extra horn buttons built into the thumb grips which I will probably wire up for some other purposes yet.

Oh yeah KOF33 got a new SAS chrome gear knob for X-Mas also.

Had to keep the Little Green Devil happy as well so we fitted some Pioneer 4 way speaker pods off the seat belt bolts above the parcel shelf.

“ Quoted from grant4561, posted Monday, January 12th, 2009, 7:46:57am at here ” Fitted a Knock Sensor and wired it into the Adaptronic over the weekend. set up was a breeze thanks to the program flixdien (Don) wrote. Its a common Nissan one that fits  a heaps of different models 180, 200, 300Zx, etc. Hopefully my new analogue TPS will arrive this week.

Good stuff with the knock sensor! Just wondering if there is any difference between a 'used' and new knock sensor? Also, who/where did you order the TPS from? ive been browsing around, but couldnt find anything compatible with the cappa :<

Can't see there'd be a lot of difference between a new and a used one - it's more down to getting it calibrated properly, when it comes down to it the're only basically a microphne.

As fxdlidon said it doesnt really matter as long as its the round bolt on type. I got this one off fleabay and it cost about $ 50.00 delivered.

“ Quoted from grant4561, posted Friday, January 2nd, 2009, 9:51:40am at here ” Another pic of a coupon, could be for smash repairs ;D

I think the top kanji characters say "car wash" ?? :P

“ Quoted from japtaxi, posted Wednesday, January 14th, 2009, 5:41:23am at here ” I think the top kanji characters say "car wash" ?? :P

Kanji? I thought it was Japanese :)

A bit off topic but I thought I ha d a miss at high revs so did all the normal checks plugs, leads,etc.
Took KOF33 down to a local really long straight bit of road in a sort of remore place and let her rip.
First of all I set the boost/fuel cuts at 9,500 rpm so I could see what she could do.
Didnt get into 5th. gear as someother cars appeared but I pulled the plug at 9,000 rpm in 4th. gear.
The speedo needle stops (it must hit some sort of stop) when its on the "h" in km/hr  at somewhere near 7,500 to 8,000 rpm but the tacho keeps going up ;D
Estimated speed about 180 to 190.
Cant wait to get her into 5th.

according to google maps, it took me 1.5 km's to get to 8500 rpm in 5th :P

hit 120km/h at 300m mark and im guessing 170-80  at the 1 km mark... lol acceleration really slows down after 150ish.

When gettin close to the redline in fifth i cant even hear the engine no more lol... just crazy amounts of wind :P I also saw my mirrors start to bend in slightly lol

If you put in the gear ratio's in the adaptronic... could you use the Vidigauge as a speedo? Might be worth a look into as id really like to see what speeds we're actually getting :P

Yeah good Idea. I will set the vidigauge for KPH next time I try it, but better still if I plug in a laptop I can run a log file which will show the speed at what RPM on a excel file.
In the meantime I ran some figures through The Tamon Wheel calculator as you can enter your gearbox & final drive ratios and it calculates the speed.

@ 7,500 RPM 4th. gear 157 KPH and 5th. gear 199 KPH.
@ 8,500 RPM 4th. gear 178 KPH and 5th. gear 226 KPH.

I will try and keep this brief, but I thought I KILLED KOF33 on the weekend.

On Saturday the wife and I went for a drive up to a place called Rainbow Beach which is about
1 3/4 hours away to check out some camping grounds, etc. Great opportunity to put the Adaptronic in slow converge learning mode and get some tuning done.

KOF33 went like a train going up there and around town but when we left we got about 5km out  and next thing started to miss then backfire, lost all power and luckily enough there was a little national park toilet stop car park I pulled into and she, gulp well..............................................died.

No amount of trying would get her to even crank over, thinking the worst (as I had made a lot of adjustments to the ECU during the week) I thought I had leaned her out or blown a head gasket or something. The wife insisted it was the battery, what would she know.

After a bit of neurological exercise and checking out the Vidigauge read outs I finally deduced that the battery had indeed simply shat itself. Some of the plates in it shorted out causing a massive current drain basically knocking out all power to the engine, car, etc. Hooray we found the problem, but what next :/ (Has a smoke) (Bloody wife was right)

OK get on he mobile and call a cab from Rainbow Beach so I can sort something out, but oh yeah there are no cabs in Rainbow Beach and as we discovered no phone signal 5km out of town. Hmmmmm has another :/

Another 30 minutes later a guy in a HUGE Toyota 4WD pulls in for a slash (about to my new best mate) and he had jumper leads and double batteries which OK got KOF33 to start but the second you disconnected them she would die.

A lift into town was next (with my new best mate) to get a new battery which I thought could be a bit of a task as being a Cappo they aren&#8217;t quite a normal battery. A couple of servos later and after a few phone calls I ended up getting the local battery guru to open up his shed and he actually had one.
So my new best mate drove me back out to KOF33 and oh yeah the wife (lucky she had the national park toilets nearby and surprisingly was in quite good spirits because she new it was the battery), fitted the new battery and bingo, all good :D

Until we got home, car went great coming back but I thought I had better check a couple of things and It looks like when the battery shat itself it fried something in the alternator. To late to check today its dark now and past beer time.

Sunday, checked all the fuses, etc and found nothing. Jacked KOF33 up, removed the under tray and started to wonder how to get the alternator out? A bit closer inspection found the wires going to it melted. A b*gger to fix but its all good now with no damage to the alternator.

Sugar time for a :/ and a (beer) after all of that.

Never happens just round the corner does it:( ...and to top it all the wife being right about what was wrong!!!

Still at least it's home now with no major damage :)

The place we went to is surrounded for about 50km by national park and army training area, in other words there is nothing for miles.
Top spot though as you go up the road a few km's to get on a barge to go to Fraser Island.

How can a woman work out in seconds what is wrong with a mechanical device?

Lucky guess.  Can she name anything else that it could possibly have been or does she just know the word battery? :D

Good to hear you got it all sorted at minimal expense.  You were lucky your new best mate turned up!

“ Quoted from grant4561, posted Monday, May 25th, 2009, 11:44:03am at here ” How can a woman work out in seconds what is wrong with a mechanical device?

Especially when she's a Blonde.......lol.... ;D ;D next time DON'T TAKE THE WIFE !!!!!
btw, does she have the same effect on the 'Pokies' ...??? everytime  Mine gets near one I'm playing, the bloody thing goes haywire.

Good to see no Major harm done  ;)

^ Yeah she also said it was the starter motor?
BLONDE.........Yep she ticks all the boxes ;D

Wow, I wish mine was that clever!
(if I still had one - but that's another story :X  )

Makes you wonder what she's been up to when your back is turned...???.....but then that's assuming she knows what a Battery and Starter look like...???...lol

“ Quoted from crisp, posted Wednesday, May 27th, 2009, 9:48:56pm at here ” Wow, I wish mine was that clever! (if I still had one - but that's another story :X  )

you missed the spoons didn't you!

I think battery and stater motor are the only 2 car words she knows due to previous breakdowns over the years.

We all should know better, it doesnt matter what you say or do they are allways right anyway :D

“ Quoted from fxdlidon, posted Wednesday, May 27th, 2009, 11:23:27pm at here ” you missed the spoons didn't you!

Yep.

Glad KOF 33 is ok Grant - I'd be very worried if that happened in the middle of nowhere! Maybe the regulator on the alternator died and overcharged the battery?

^ Checked all of that stuff and everything is working fine. It appears the battery plates shorted or something.
This place is not that far away but is in the middle of nowhere. Surrounded by national parks and an army traing area. The lucky bit was that its one of the access points to go to Fraser Island and and the annual Toyota fishing comp finished there that weekend so it wasnt too long to wait until someone came along.

Got the unanswerable question from the wife the other day "If someone came along when we were stuck and said 'your Cappo or your wife' which one would you give them?"
A bit like asking "Do I look fat in this outfit" or something.
I chose to be noncommital and still got in the poo ;D

Time for a bit of an update. This is mainly for Sneaza, sorry I have been a bit long winded but here are some pics of progress on fitting my wheel arches so far.
Front right side.

Front left side fitted ready to take the arches off again for filling/sanding/painting.

Closer pic of front left showing 4mm allen screws and washers used for mounting.

Rear Right pics with arche removed for trimming showing the "nutserts" fitted to the body. The guard has been "pumped" out about 25mm for more clearance.

Close up of one of the nutserts fitted in the body.

Some spare nutserts in sheetmetal. I had to rivet a piece of sheetmetal with a nutsert in it to the inside of the rear plastic bumper bar on each side for the lower rear arche mountings. The nutserts just pull out of the plastic so they have to be fixed by another method.

Rear pic of nutserts when pulled up in metal. (crap picture)

Taken the opportunity to do a few other things also like fit new stainless steel mesh in the front bumper to match the rear.

The beginings of a new stainless steel under car air scoop/spoiler also.
Been a bit busy lately as I have been rebuilding a pop top camper van at the same time and also at the business end of the local soccer season.

Cheers Grant, pics look good, though I probably won't put on the Front ones as I don't want to mess with the Front Bar again....taking too long already. The Lower part on the Rear will get Pop-Riveted then 'Glassed to Bumper, Same as Lower part near Door will get 'Glassed to Sideskirt. Will post some pics when I have them attached.....

Got my 'tool and nuts' this week, wasted one to make sure it works.....Happy,

Now just need to finish the House Reno before the Final, and hope my Girls win their Soccer Semis this week end then the Final next weekend, then back to the Car.....Yippeeeeeeeeee !!!!!

^ Maybe you can strike up a deal - What we spend on the house reno's, I get to spend on the cappi! ;D

Flares look good Grant - at least you put them on properly (some people I've seen use tek screws or even just silicone!)

Daughters' House CG....Buy I like your thinking...lol

To save weght I used Plastic Screw Rivits!
By this the Over Fender sits tight to the wing.
It's easy to remove them if needed. Se link below.

http://www.ulinco.se/UserFiles/Ulinco/www.ulinco.com/Documents/PDF%20Components%20SE/pdf%20eng/69-100%20low.pdf

Myne is not painted, they are std black, looks more sporty I think.

^ I used metal nutserts due to the double panels I treated each hole I drilled with cold galvanizing to make sure I don't get that dreaded "UK" disease/cancer thing they have.
I will have to get my finder out soon as I want to enter in the Classic Jap Show & Shine comp in Brisbane that's on in October but renovating the Camper Van is taking longer than I thought.( as usual)
I have planned a trip out western Queensland in September so have got to get my finger out ;D

Finally got the wheel arch flares fitted and finished on Saturday. Good thing as I entered in the Classic Japanese Show & Shine on Sunday so heres a pic of the side of the car after finishing everything ready for the car show. I will psot pics of the car show up in it's thread as soon as I get a chance.

From the rear.

Front.

Front right close up.

I also took the opportuniy to fit stainless steel mesh in the front bumper to match the mesh I fitted in the rear. Decided to add a stainless steel under engine air scoop also which I wasnt sure about at first but am happy with now and will leave on.

Whew! after all of that and getting KOF33 ready for the car show it was that time of day ;D

Love the Pics Grant, car looks hot, damn, is it that time already......woo hoooooooo !!!!!

(thumbsup) looking good Grant

Looking great.  I think the mudflaps help to blend in the arches very nicely.

Sorry guy's and gal's but our ever faithful Telstra had a major local telephone exchange failure and lost all lines for about 36 hours. (Some techie tripped and ripped all the plugs out)
I will try and post pics of the Jap Car show tonight in it's thread.
Gotta go and feed the dogs now.

“ Quoted from Andy, posted Monday, October 19th, 2009, 6:40:34pm at here ” Looking great.  I think the mudflaps help to blend in the arches very nicely.

Exactly what I thought after much procrastination and a couple of beers.

Flares look really nice once they were painted - wasn't sure about them at first :)

Really happy with the flares but the bit I have mucked around most with is the black rubber strip between the flares and the body. The reason for this is mainly to form a seal so water wont penetrate.
Originally I planned to have a chrome strip but couldn't find anything suitable, then no strip at all like the others but decided to have the black strip. Doh does that make sense?

Makes perfect sense :) Just like the strip on the flares of the 70's L34's and A9X toranas :)

Yep makes perfect sense to me too and I'd agree that having the strip was the way to go.  Gives it a better looking finish in my opinion.

“ Quoted from capgun, posted Tuesday, October 20th, 2009, 12:15:57pm at here ” Makes perfect sense :) Just like the strip on the flares of the 70's L34's and A9X toranas :)

Exactly, thats where the idea came from.

:) Cant see but do they have the flare bolts too with the washer underneath?

I think so. Mine have the allen key bolt, stainless steel washer and I made another foan/rubber seal that goes between the flare and the mudguard.

overkill - I like! :)  I went to the drag strip ages ago against one of my freinds in his SLR5000 with a chev 383 stroker. I had a five second starting advantage but he beat me half-track! ;D

Fantastic looking Cappu, almost as myne but different color.
I think I have the same flares as you have on my one, I did find the fit to be so good so I skiped the sealing and by that i saved weight as I also did by using plastic rivits to fit them to the body.
Personaly I dont like the sealing, the flares looks less integrated thats why I dont have it.
Any plan for a front Spoiler?!

^ I guess the rubber sealing strip is up to your own personal taste. I like mine.
I did have plans to fit a front spoiler but I may not now.
I fitted the under engine stainless steel air scoop to make sure I got plenty of airflow for the radiator/motor as the mesh I fitted in the bumper is fairly fine. It get's up to 40 degrees in summer here.
The unexpected benifit from the under engine air scoop is it appears like it has increased the "ground effect" dramatically.
I will go for a few more drives on roads I know well to double check but it seems to have created a much larger negative pressure under the car and improved the handling.

“ Quoted from grant4561, posted Thursday, October 22nd, 2009, 11:49:08pm at here ” ^ I fitted the under engine stainless steel air scoop to make sure I got plenty of airflow for the radiator/motor as the mesh I fitted in the bumper is fairly fine. It get's up to 40 degrees in summer here. The unexpected benifit from the under engine air scoop is it appears like it has increased the "ground effect" dramatically. I will go for a few more drives on roads I know well to double check but it seems to have created a much larger negative pressure under the car and improved the handling.

Have you got any more pics of the under engine scoop? thx

I will take a few pic's of the scoop for you half-9 but in the meantime I managed to get my hands on a "Top Rear Strut Brace" (mock roll bar) so here it is with one of the family. PIPI!
Oh and my daughter put an Hibiscus flower on the back for the pic.

Hers Pipi with her boyfriend "LEVI" (He's da man).

Finally KOF33 with the LGD in the background.

shinies :)

hmmm flarey goodness...cant wait to get mine on the car! Hopefully next year!

These arrived late this week thanks to soldave in Nippon.
Toyota Starlet injectors.
Just what KOF33 needs

On another note young Grant bought this today at a good price from a guy who got it for a Skyline but decided it was all to difficult.

Yep, another Adaptronic powered cappo on the way

The "Little Green Devil" will never fell so good after the transplant 8)

“ Quoted from grant4561, posted Sunday, November 15th, 2009, 11:05:01am at here ” These arrived late this week thanks to soldave in Nippon. Toyota Starlet injectors. Just what KOF33 needs

That's a relief.  Just sent you a PM to see if they had landed with you.

Let me know if you ever need anything else ;)

“ Quoted from grant4561, posted Thursday, December 11th, 2008, 1:14:35am at here ” Also been mucjing around with a 7 inch screen for the Vidigauge. Havent decided where to mount/place it yet as I want to try and conceal it if possible when not in use. Maybe roof mounted or concealed in the dash, dont know yet still playing.

Just came across this and thought of you.....lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRx7R8KwX_8

I hope the link works.....I like this idea....

Yep, it works !!! woo hoo......

Those gauges are sweet, my only change would be a esky inside the dash, so i can get a cold one at the push of a button LOL

Yep that's the idea Sneaza, perfect.
Maybe not quite as elaborate as the ones in the youtube video but one pop up lcd screen like the top one in the video is my idea. (When I get around to it. I have a whole spare dash to play with.)

Been fairly slack for a while now but I have been doing bit's and pieces to KOF33 like fitting the 295cc injectors, new innovative LC1 wide band O2 sensor fitted a few other odd bits also.
No2 son will be driving in December so he has bought a 98 Subaru Firester which I have been playing with as well so out came the in dash DVD head unit from KOF33 and it went into the Forester with a new flip out screen Clarion unit fitted to KOF33.

Here it is open with the Vidigauge display up.
And yes before you ask it does miss the gear stick when it's opening. It just barely touches the top of the knob when in 5th.

As you have read I recieved the new speaker pods from Sneaza so as I should do heres some pics of them fitted.

The current speaker pods which were gutted and fitted with 4 inch kevlar's with silk dome tweaters.

These are the new speakers I am fitting to the new pods.
6 1/2 inch kevlar with silk dome tweaters.
Huge magnet and crossover thingy which as usual created a problem.

I should have given Sneaza the hole size I needed as they were made for Sony speakers of the same size with a hole of about 130mm but these beast's need 145mm.

Oh Dear dramas.........................no not really.

Pic of a pod masked ready to cut a larger hole with a speaker sitting in another pod to gauge the size.

If you havent done thuis sort of thing before just use a thick tape like duct tape and cover the whole surface you want to cut, mark it out and cut then remove the duct tape when you are finished. I used a jig saw with no problems.

Heres one cut.

All cleaned up now with a test fit.

All cleaned up now with a test fit.

Now that thats sorted time to cut a long story short.

Pod's fitted in the car with polyester mat stuff in them (as instructed by Sneaza).

All finshed now and looks awesome.
The fit is near perfect.

(thumb)  Nice

Don't you just love it when speakers of the same size are different sizes ::)

They leaves usable space on the parcel shelf, which I can now fit my overnight bag on and as for the sound?
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Absolutley forking awesome, why this has not been done before amazes me.

OK its not a Capgun sound system but for practicality and being able to finaly fit some decent speakers at the rear this is a huge winner.
I dont think I may even need the powered sub now and yes it makes that much difference.

Sneaza, get ready for some requests for these as I am sure you will. (Dont forget my commission.)

Absolutely correct Grant...I will be ordering a set very soon, look really good, should have come from the factory like that.

“ Quoted from Andy, posted Saturday, October 23rd, 2010, 10:48:55am at here ” (thumb)  Nice Don't you just love it when speakers of the same size are different sizes ::)

Yep typical, but the ones I fitted are probably not a normal sort of 6 1/2 inch speaker.

From all the ones I've tried there doesn't ever seem to be a normal 6 1/2 inch speaker :D

Very Nice.....I guess I'll have to make the Holes a little Larger...lol....didn't think about it as the Peerless Mids I tried didn't have the Crossover attached and the Hole was actually bigger than the Sony.... ;D Glad it worked.

Looks very neat and factory! :) Those (jaycar or pioneer?) kevlar speakers are great value for money surpassing more expensive speakers.

Sneaza, yeah I thought I would b*gger them up at first but theyturned out fine. Just for your infi I fitted the No.2 set with lip.

The sound is so good now it makes me think I need a new head unit but I just put one in.

lol......

Time to intorduce the latest member to my cappo family.

I bought Fred's re cappo from Sydney and picked it up with all of the parts last weekend.
Thank's Fred it was a pleasure to deal with you.
Here she is somewhere between Sydney and home at a roadhouse.

Unloaded at home on the Sunshine Coast with the LGD in the background.

And one on her own with parts, etc.

Looking good mate, just as well you have the room to EXPAND when the Fleet is all finished...lol
Maybe a Hoist on the Chrissie list...???

By all the parts, does that include the F100 and the coilovers etc??? Great purchase!

what's the plan for the red one? track car? :D

1. Yes some sort of hoist or lift is on the wish list. Just put a new shed up at christmas with enough height for one.
2. Yep all of the parts as well.
3. One cappo will be restored to completely stock and a second one will be a crazy cappo.
I still am deciding which one will be which but at the moment I am thinking of making the red one stock and making KOF33 crazy.

Bucause you guy's have most of the cappo's in Sydney & Melbourne I thought I would have my own cappo meet...LOL.

(thumb)  Nice one!

OK I have decided to keep the red one stock and original and make KOF33 crazier.
I will start a new thread for the red one but first I need a name which is a bit of a debating point at home.

The family (wife) suggestions are as follows.

LAT33 (LATTE)
XPR20 (Expresso)
OND33 (Wifes nickname Ondree becomes Ondee)

The 33 (EE) is to keep it in the family with KOF33 (Coffee) and plates out here with 3 letters and 2 numbers cost heaps less ($ 440.00) than all letter ones which are over $ 2,000.00 AUD.

Whats the vote?
What do you guy's reckon?

o.o..
WOAH
queensland plates are
INSANE

INSANE

it costs about $500 for my plates "VRMPSH"
and even less for ones with letters and numbers


LAT33 sounds pretty good in my opinion

Mine set me back $400 per year...on top of the rego.@ $265 and as Kayfour said, less for 3 letters and 3 numbers......maybe you should move......lol

LAT33..........

LATTE!!! i was planning on going for that here :) well, thats cos i cant think of anything else :)

While LAT33 has been getting all the attention lately it was time for a bit on KOF33.
So out with the front suspension and in with new stuff.

Removing the old suspension bushes with oxy and threaded rod.
They are a b*gger to get out but I found that if you heat the metal suspension arm with oxy you can push/pull the old bushes out with threaded rod and nuts without to much trouble.
If the bush starts to smoke its too hot so you have to cool it down again and restart.

To save on all the boring stuff in between here's a pic of the passenger side front with suspension arms repainted, new Suzuki Sport bushes fitted and of course Suzuki Sport adjustable coil overs.

But the job just would not be complete without new slotted rotors would it?

Looks the goods now mate....well done

Hey Grant. I think I would vote 1. for LAT33 and 2. for XPR20

What are the rotos you are using? Where did you get them from? Are they larger then factory size?

How do you find the Suzuki Sport Coil overs? Im looking at options nowm but I dont want to go too low or too hard.

Thanks mate. Keep it up!

^ The rotor's are made by RDA Australia and are standard size but slotted.
Suzuki Sport have 3 types of coilovers and these are the top of the line set which are fully adjustable for damping and height.
I wont know how it drives for a while yet as I have a lot of other parts to fit first and KOF33 wont be on the road for another month or two.
I want to adjust the coilovers to lower the car about 20 to 25mm though.

Been pretty busy for the last few months with a holiday in China, ongoing home reno's and an exchange student from Germany arriving for a 3 month stay, so havent had much time to work on the Cappo's until now.
Here's a pic of the motor that will be going into KOF33.
Completely rebuilt with a port job, Various Suzuki Sport bits and pieces, stainless steel exhuast header ready to bolt a new upgraded turbo (RHB31FW) on.

Another pic.

Nice ! :)

Is your intake manifold ported or is it just the head ?

Just the head at the moment, I am about to attck the manifold though ;D

Ok the motor is in and fitted.
Started basically first go after I cranked it with the fuel pump disconnected and plugs out to get the oil pressure up first.
Bummer though as the alternator is not charging even after I fitted new brushes  and the dash light is on.
Oh well out comes the alternator:(

Maybe get a new alternator in black?
http://www.alternator.jp/products/list.php?category_id=165

Not at those prices!
I have some spare alternator parts left over from when I had to repair/replace the green cappo's one.
Once I get it back out and see what's wrong I should be able to repair it.

All going well now running in the new motor. Up to about 650KM basically running stock boost. I will wait until I get about 1,000KM on it, change the oil and then should be able to up the boost a fair bit.

Anyway heres a new addition. Anyone recognise this?

Yep, I bought Capgun's bootlid with the spoiler.

And one from the rear.

Long weekend for the Queen's Birthday last weekend so I decided to knock up an under body brace.
I guess I have been spurred on by the guy's in the UK.
Due to the low ground clearance of KOF33 which is now about an inch lower than standard I decided agaist round or square bars and after consulting with son No.1 (Final year Mechanical Engineering & Aerospare) the decision was made to fabricate it from 30 x 3mm flat steel bar.
We figure that to brace the tunnel the best way was to use flat bar to stop any twisting forces.
Probably totally wrong but here it is on a temporary jig made useing galvanised bar tack welded together.

The galvanised steel bar is a b*stard to weld neatly but came up quite good after the final welds were cleaned and ground down.

The finished product was coated with cold galvanising zinc rich paint then a final coat or two of silver.
Why silver? Just because I had a spare can in the workshop.

grant, should start making rear diffuser next? ;D

Finshed and fitted.
Pic from under the front.

And just a finishing touch (w*nk).

Got a call from a guy in Brisbane that races a white cappo in hillclimbs who I met a few years ago.
As he races them he strips them right out so he decided to have a clear out and gave me all of the parts he had for nick's.
He wrote off one cappo a year or so ago and bought one from Melbourne and stripped it for racing.
Can anyone guess which cappo it was?

Yep some of the parts were from Capgun's cappo.

I got heaps including a windscreen, rear glass/hoop, etc.

Headlight surrounds, and the list goes on.

Heaps of plastic trim bits, etc.

grant! dibs on trim/center console/surround etc if they are any good and not scratched? :D

Japtaxi,

They are not perfect but fairly good so that should not be a problem.

here's a pic from last sunday :)

Car is looking good grant!

Thank's Will, not happy with the wheels & tires but I am working on that.

Well its finally happened, Blown Head Gasket :(
I guess thats what occurs when you are pushing the boost up around 1.3 to 1.4 bar. LOL
Anyone in OZ got one preferably a metal head gasket?

Yep...